Does the organisation we sign a contract with exist?
If you look up the VAT number here http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/vies/en/vieshome.htm then you will have the answer to this question.
and do we sign a legal contract with this organisation? for a legal contract we need to make sure that the contract is signed by an authorised person.
If it is not signed by an authorised person then you can take back the addresses whenever you wish because there is no contract. Why worry about this?
And yes we do accept foreign language documents (but prefer English documents)
You should really make it much clearer what is optional and what is mandatory. In order to have a level playing field, the rules must be fair and they must be published clearly. For an example of how a UK bank handles this look here: http://www.rbs.co.uk/small_business/Opening_a_new_account/documentation.htm As you can see the tables clearly show that 3 documents must be presented and there are several options for two types of document. Then the third document varies depending on the type of entity. I'm sure that RIPE could publish something similar. --Michael Dillon